We are honored to announce that Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source, enterprise IT solutions, has joined the global community of edX partners.

Red Hat uses a community-powered approach to provide reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage, and virtualization technologies. As a connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies to help companies prepare for the future of IT.

We are excited to bring Red Hat’s courses to edX learners, who are looking for the technology skills they need to succeed in the workplace of the 21st century.

The first course offered by Red Hat is Fundamentals of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, an introductory course to Linux using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as a model. Linux systems are used everywhere – from consumer products to enterprise systems – and is a key operating system for many technology employees to be familiar with.

This skills-focused course will provide an overview of how a Linux system is organized, and will demonstrate introductory system administration tasks using real-world scenarios and use-cases that learners will be able to practice and apply on their own. Learners will also take away a broader understanding of Linux and open source, and why these systems are important in today’s computing environment.

Red Hat and edX are both dedicated to providing learners with the opportunity to build upon their professional skills, or to learn new ones. We look forward to sharing news of new courses in the future.